Ok, so here's chapter 2 of my Doctor Who/ Flushed Away mash-up.
Flushed
A New World
Jamie coughed as he picked himself up off the cement. Still
dripping and dizzy from his unexpected ride through the pipes, Jamie ran his
paw through the soaked hair between his ears, pushing it back into tousled
spikes. Following an echo down the tunnel he landed in, Jamie turned a corner
and looked at his surroundings for the first time.
The sewer junction had been built into a miniature version
of Piccadilly Square. Rats of all ages, sizes and colors shopped, worked, and
lived their lives in the teeming metropolis under London’s streets. Boats made from
discarded bottles and cans propelled by paddle wheels, egg beaters, and old fan
blade propellers crossed the water way as rats hurried about their business. Jamie
had never seen so many rats in one place before. Even before he had come to
live with Reinette’s family, the pet store rarely had more than a dozen rats at
one time.
Jamie was so entranced by the sight before him that he
didn’t notice the food cart in his path until he collided with a tall, handsome
rat with blue eyes, well groomed dark hair on his head and a long, grey
military coat.
“Careful friend, you’re pretty hot but my grill is hotter.
Captain Jack Harkness, what’s your pleasure?”
Jamie jumped in surprise and embarrassment before tugging on
his ear and asking for directions back topside.
“You don’t want to do that, Gorgeous” the Captain warned, “They
don’t like our kind up there.”
“They like me up there just fine. I have a home and a little
girl who will be heartbroken without me” Jamie responded angrily.
“Ok. Ok, I’m sure they do. I can only think of one captain
brave enough to even try to take you topside. Go to the dock and look for the Bad Wolf” Jack had leaned forward across
the grill while he was talking and Jamie jerked back when he noticed how close
the Captain had gotten.
With a quick salute, Jamie followed Jack’s directions and
headed toward the dock. As he walked away a small voice cried out: ”Don’t go,
she’s crazy!” This was immediately followed by Jack’s voice loudly whispering
“Hush Ianto. Silly fish.”
___________
After a brief run in with a rat wearing a sandwich board
yelling that the royal family were werewolves, Jamie finally made it to the
docks. He hadn’t gone far when he spotted the Bad Wolf. She was a fairly small vessel, made from an old metal
washtub with half a tire tread making up the stern. Jamie couldn’t see anyone
moving around above deck, so he climbed aboard calling out as he did.
As he explored, Jamie couldn’t help but feel as though he
was being followed but didn’t see anyone when he turned to look. He felt a tap
on his shoulder before being grabbed and lifted into the air by a large
mechanical hand and dangled over the side of the boat.
Golden fur and amused brown eyes met his as a lovely rat
wearing jeans and a Union Jack shirt climbed aboard the Bad Wolf.
“I said: who are you, and what are you doin’ on my ship” she
repeated. Jamie had been so taken aback by her appearance that he had forgotten
what he had planned to say entirely. At a motion from the blonde, the hand
gently set Jamie back on the deck.
“My name is Jamie; James McCrimmon. I was looking for the Bad Wolf” he finally managed to reply,
brushing off his still damp suit as he did. “Captain Jack Harkness said this
was the only boat that could take me topside. I need to get home to Gallifrey;
that’s my house in Kensington. It’s very important that I get back . . . “
“Well you found the Bad
Wolf, Mate. I’m Rose. This is my boat. I don’t like having strangers make
themselves at home without my
permission. You can find a different captain, I can’t take you topside right
now, I’m a bit busy.” As she turned, unhooked the ropes holding the boat to the
dock and walked toward the wheel, Jamie stared in shock. With dawning horror,
he realized that she was preparing to leave. He had to convince her to take him
home!
Rose had started the engine, looking pointedly from Jamie to
the dock with an annoyed expression when two rats jumped from electric mixers
onto the deck, glaring menacingly.
“Thought you’d get away, didn’t ya Rose” the smaller rat
taunted. His dark grey suit had black dots running down the legs and a shiny
blue button pinned to his pocket. “Stealin’ from Rassilon wasn’t very smart,
now was it?”
“Your boss stole it from me first! My dad broke every bone
in his body to get that white point star” Rose yelled. Taking a breath and
coming to stand in front of Jamie, she continued more calmly. “And it don’t
matter anyway. It’s gone. Rassilon can’t have it ‘cause I don’t have it
anymore.”
The smaller rat yelled to his large, albino counterpart
“Grab her Thay. Rassilon is gonna wanna . . . talk to her.” As Rose struggled to free herself from Thay’s grip,
Jamie noticed a bulge in her back pocket.
Figuring that he could at least get himself out of the mess
he’d found himself in, Jamie called out “Did you notice her bum?” Thay turned an offended eye on Jamie, while
Rose glared daggers and shook her head in the hopes that he would stop
speaking. The rat in the dark suit seemed to notice Jamie for the first time,
turning to loom threateningly “Thay, turn her around” he shouted, still glaring
at Jamie.
“But Sec,” Thay started “it’s not good manners to talk about
someone’s bum. Not in front of them at least. What would your mother say!”
“Just do it” Sec yelled, staring hard at his cohort. Thay lifted the still struggling Rose off her
feet, turning her toward his broad chest, revealing the cut edge of a large
white diamond peeking out of her back pocket. “Oh, you shouldn’t have tried to
hide that from us, Rose” Sec gloated. Rassilon is gonna exterminate you for
that.” Thay turned Rose upside down, shaking her until the gem fell from her
pocket and threw her over his shoulder.
No comments:
Post a Comment